Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

So I tried a sample of this lovely scent today and it was......well lovely, if quiet. Had to bury my nose in my arm to detect it all. Of course, I had a tiny sample so I was pretty sparing in the application.

At any rate, I enjoyed it very much, but a purchase of such a costly attar is out of the question. Sooooo, what is the next best thing? What can you recommend that has a similar feel and scent but a more modest price tag. Please tell me there is something.

Re: Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

If it didn't have much sillage, it's the recent. It is just not my style - it gets a lot of love here (and even by critics like Luca Turin)- but to me it smells like a very good, but simple, clean orange blossom.

The current Caron perfumer is also in love with clean orange blossoms, so I wonder whether there's something in the range - perhaps Larimar can chime in. En Avion is a beautiful orange blossom plus leather; I don't know if it exists in edt, the parfum would be very expensive. Narcisse noir reportedly is now also a very clean orange blossom, though, again, I don't know its edt status.

Re: Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

Sounds like you have the more recent one.

The original release is superb, one of the most sublime pieces of work I have ever experienced, but I'm not gonna rub it in - if the new version is 'hard to detect' then probably best to just move on. I have tried some mukhallats where the quality of the rose is comparable to the original Homage but these are oud based. I suspect those with more ready access to attars in the right locations might be able to come up with a suitable rose and frankincense styled piece but I haven't actually seen any recommendations to date. The Amouage is such a unique thing . . . one for special occasions.

Re: Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

I'd say the relation between original and current is similar to that between original and current Lyric woman (which I know you love). The current Homage is not a straightforward orange, there's probably some frankincense and other materials in there, but it does have a clean, straightforward feel compared to the vintage whirl of flowers and the support of oud.

Re: Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

Originally Posted by cacio

I'd say the relation between original and current is similar to that between original and current Lyric woman (which I know you love). The current Homage is not a straightforward orange, there's probably some frankincense and other materials in there, but it does have a clean, straightforward feel compared to the vintage whirl of flowers and the support of oud.

Re: Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

Originally Posted by danieq

I'm afraid I have no idea how old the sample might be, it was sent along by a fellow BNer.

I bought it recently from luckyscent.com and was disappointed. Like you, I could barely smell it, even directly after application. I started a thread about it a while back and learned there's been a reformulation and the current version isn't like the original.

Re: Amouage Hommage -- What else has this feel?

ha ha Scentfan! Une Rose is very nice, but after trying it a few times on myself, I'm finding that it turns sour. Made me very very sad as I really loved it the first couple of times. Everyone's skin is different! Enjoy it, I'm sure you're going to smell amazing!